Persuasive Essay

“Take your base,” yelled the umpire as Kevin was hit with a pitch on his back. Kevin trotted at a snail's pace down to first base, his face was filled with agony as he grabbed his rib cage. As the game proceeded the pain from the pitch increased but Kevin thought it would eventually go away so he played through it. The game went on and it was close all the way till the end but the Stars pulled out the victory. They are now the 2016 South Carolina 2A High School baseball Champions. The team went crazy, the fans rushed onto the field to celebrate the victory with them. The team and the fans were bumping and brushing up against one another while they were screaming and hollering. Kevin was in the middle of the crowd with all his friends and

Chris Givens was a middle school boy and he loved to play baseball. Chris lived and breathed baseball. He would watch every game he could. Also, the only sport he played was baseball so he was the best at it. However, there was one problem for Chris. He was not one the most popular kids. Only the most popular kids were picked onto the school's baseball team. Chris had tried to act cool and even hang out with cool kids, but it never worked out. Even though Chris was not like everyone on the baseball team he is determined to be the first kid to make the baseball who wasn’t popular.

It was a hot summer day, and Jackson was at his house getting ready for his baseball game. He was very anxious because if his team won the game they would be able to qualify for a tournament, that a lot of teams from other states would be participating in. But, before all of that came they needed to win this game. Jackson got his hat and went to the car, where his dad was waiting for him. On the way to the field his dad encouraged him to try his best and help his team. An hour later after they warmed up, the game started. Then, two hours later, the game ended and Jackson's team won four to two.

The scouter gave Carlos his number to call him what his parents have decided. He goes home as fast like a cheetah he arrives, opens the door and his parents are eating dinner. He tells everyone to stop what they're doing and tell them the excited news a scouter wants me to play for Chivas de Guadalajara ! His parents jumped up and down so what he asks “can I go” his parents answer “of course you work your butt off and we want your dream to become true”. His parents called the scouter and told him that they would let their son go play for Chivas de Guadalajara. The scouter well said “ok I’m excited to have your son play for Chivas de Guadalajara now

One day, I was walking to the New Jersey middle school with my best friend Alex Collins. We were super excited for baseball to start. It was coming up in a couple of days. “I can't wait for tryouts Alex” I said. “Yea, but I hope John Gordon doesn't tryout. He is so annoying.” When they got to school they saw the poster for baseball tryouts.

Have you ever heard someone say that all Asians are smart, or African Americans are always late, or girls can’t play sports? All if these are called stereotypes. Stereotypes are widely held beliefs for certain groups, and it can be positive, negative, or neutral. In the story “Girls Can’t Play”, Hazel faces a stereotype that girls can’t play ball. However, that is disproved in the story itself and in the article “Why Women Should Play” by Jennifer Shotz.

There was a boy named Carlos. Carlos got every thing he wanted, because his parents were rich. His parents were snobby and were show-offs too. Every morning of the summer he went out to his back yard and threw the ball around on his football field in his backyard. Carlos always loves walk out to the fresh smelling green football field. He would do his morning routine. When he woke up he would get ready for the day he would put on his athletic clothes. When he went out he would take the monster truck tire and pull it down and back, down and back, for a total of 1,000 yards. Carlos could always taste his sweat drip into his mouth after the workout. After that he would take a bag of footballs and set one on each 10 yard line until the other side in the endzone. He would throw each football into his field goal post and did that with every football. If he didn’t get every football into the endzone, Carlos would get beat by his father, a multi-million dollar

It was a normal day driving to baseball practice.Country music blasting in the Siding Unlimited work car.Until we get to practice. A kid named Tyler was always the best to his dad(the coach). We all were getting are cleats on are feet until they arrive. Tyler had a new shiny green bat in his Demarini backpack. He walked into the dugout and bragged “Look at my brand new bat the newest Easton Mako”. “That's so cool” the team exclaimed.I turned to Jacob and explained “I bet he will get a new bat in a month”. As the practice continues the coach says “ Lets take some batting practice Tyler you go first”. As the on deck batter asks “May I use your bat Tyler”. “Nobody can use my bat” Tyler said forcefully.

This kid name Noah plays football. He never go on the field. But he loved the game of football. He played for the Wildcats. The team's first game was against Bowling Green. It was a big game because BG had a 123 win streak. when the team came out the starting running back got hurt. His coach yelled for Noah to get on the field. He was very nervous. Noah got the ball and ran so fast no one knew where he was. Once everyone looked around he was in the end zone. Noah had a power that he didn't know he had. He was lighting fast. Next play he got another touchdown. Soon after this everyone started to treat him different. BG was so surprised that they lost. Noah played 4 games and then was benched. The coach did not want young noah to

He gave me a ball and went to the bat, he was easily the best out there. I threw the ball, then I snickered, “Strike one.” I threw another and, “Strike two.” My last throw, if I didn't make this a good one I could be ruined. I threw it, the ball moving in what seemed like slow motion. It approached his bat, he swung but, “Strike three, your out of here!” He looked at me in complete confusion. Then it had been a few years and I was in high school. I wanted to try out for the baseball team. All the boys were looking at me a few even told me I should just leave. But, I didn’t, I stood there until it was my turn to try out. First, I was pitching. I struck out three of their best batters. I was then up to bat, on the second throw, I hit a home run. They were all in awe. I could see it in their eyes. A few weeks later, they asked me to be on the team. My mom and I were so excited. I started to practice. Every game, I struck out almost everyone. I hit 19 home runs in our 15 games. Everyone loved me. I had little girls ask for my signature. Every year I tried out, I was on the team. Then eventually I graduated. But, we couldn't afford for me to go to collage. One day we got a letter in the

While Tyler was at school walking down the hall with his varsity jacket on, coach said “ You are your secret weapon for the championship game coming up”. Tyler is the captain of the baseball, he is strong, athletic, and is the star pitcher for the baseball team. As Tyler woke up the next morning he walked out to the big white mailbox to get the mail, thinking “what a good day” until this happened. He tripped over the sprinkler head and fell hard on the solid sidewalk. Right then he knew something didn’t feel right about his knee.

Brian is a 14 year old boy who adores the game of baseball. His favorite baseball team is the Detroit Tigers, he dreams of one day being a Tiger. His dream finally comes true! However he isn’t going to be playing, he is going to be the batboy for the team. His favorite player of all time is Hank Bishop. One afternoon the Tigers were on the road, which meant Brian was at home because the bat boys don't travel with the team, the Tigers picked up Hank Bishop. Brian is totally stoked when the tigers pick up Hank. When the Tigers return home to play, Brian approaches his idol and tells him he is his favorite player. Turns out Hank is not a nice person and basically tells Brian to get away. Brian gets really hurt by this and keeps trying to gain

Mike brought three of his freinds to a baseball game. Last Sunday was his birthday and his parents said he could bring three friends anywhere. He chose the baseball game. Mike loved baseball. He loved everything about it. He liked playing it, watching it on television, and watching it live. His friends were excited too. They brought a blanket and sat in the grass. Mike prefered sitting in the grass to sitting in seats. He could stretch his legs. He could lay down if he wanted to. He could watch the funny people in the stands. Mike and his friends left their blanket to get some food. They all got hotdogs and french fries. Mike planned on getting ice cream later. The local minor league team was pretty good, but the opposing team was supposebly

He walks to homeroom alone, no buddies joking around with him and laughing, he hears the laughter surround him and he wishes even more for the day to be over with. A girl in his homeroom watches, she can see the pain in his eyes he doesn’t show it but she can sense it. She sits two seats behind him and she watches the bullies say and do things to this poor boy just so he will make a fool of himself, they say “Did you see Lebron score that field goal?” just to see if he knows anything about sports and if he answers wrong they hit him on the side of the head and laugh.

I had just woken up in the morning getting ready to head to Oak Grove. I arrived at Oak Grove with a few of my team members already there. Once everyone had showed up we took batting practice in the cages. After hitting we had to wait for our bus to show up. The waiting was excruciating. We decided we would pass the time by playing a game. The rules were simple you threw the ball at someone and they had to field it cleanly, if they didn’t they were out. We played for a good twenty minutes forgetting that our bus wasn’t here yet. Our coaches were frantically calling the bus station but the bus wasn’t coming. So a kid on our team named Jake called his parents who lived across the street from the school. He asked them if they could get their RV